"Reds" Try to Storm Gaol Tokio, July 21
"Red" extremists attempted to storm the prison last night where accused in a Communist trial are at present confined, and attracting the attention of Tokio…
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Floods & storms, 1931
579 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 29
Hospital Damaged Cyclone In Tasmania LAUNCESTON
Heavy winds and torrential rain have been experienced throughout Tasmania during the lost two days. At Penguin on Saturday morning a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brothers Drowned Tragedy at Telarah Boys in Floodwaters
Henry James Curran, 7, and Ellis John Curran, 4, sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Curran, of Telarah-street, Telarah West Maitland, were drowned in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sudden Rush of Water Floods Small Mine in Glebe Hill Miners Almost Swept From Their Feet Water Released From Old Pit Burst with Roar
To hear an ominous roar as if the pit had fallen in and then to be washed off their feet by rushing water, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Houses Submerged Murray River in Flood MELBOURNE
Heavy floods on the Murray River, between Mildura and Wentworth, have caused hundreds of residents to leave their homes. Many residences are entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Gang at Work on Railway Bridge Weakened by Floods
A big bridge gang is working day and night repairing a railway bridge between Thornton and East Maitland which was weakened by the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seeking the Origin of the Flood Robinson's Tunnel Mine Clearing Inspection Shortly
Water is still flowing, although slowly, from Robinson's tunnel, the small coal mine that was flooded at Merewether yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doctor's Cancer Test Flood of Applications Experiment in London London, July 29
Dr. S. C. J. Bendien, of Ziest, who recently correctly selected from 38 samples of blood from healthy persons and persons suffering from cancer, five of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Face Famine People of South China Worst Floods in History (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI, July 30
In addition to insurrection, which is raging in the north, and the Communism rampant in the interior, and Canton's breakaway, South China is now faced…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Mitigation
Mr. J. Smith, who attended the conference held at the Newcastle Town Hall, on July 3, on flood mitigation, gave a report of the proceedings to the last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →River Rising South Australian Town Efforts to Prevent Floods Adelaide
At Runmark, the river rose wren inches during the week-end but the town is not yet in danger. The river is now at 21ft, 11in mark…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Desperate Fight to Save Town Floods at Junction of Murray and Darling Sydney
For five days and nights the entire able-bodied population of Wentworth, away out on the Junction of the Murray and Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rising Steadily South Australian Floods Two Towns Threatened Adelaide
At Renmark and Morgan flood waters are rising steadily, but they are not expected to reach their highest level until Thursday week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flooded Rivers Wentworth Threatened Long Fight to Save Town Wentworth
For nearly a week the entire population of Wentworth has been striving night and day to save the town, which is situated at the junction of the Murray and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A New Storm
Was there ever a more confused political condition in the history of New South Wales than that which obtains at present? A Government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →English Storm Holidaymakers Drenched Tanker Driven Ashore London, August 4
The end of the Bank Holiday coincided with a severe storm. Thunder broke over London and south-eastern counties last night, and crowds returning late were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Storms in Europe Eight Soldiers Killed by Lightning Tramcar Set on Fire London
Eight out of ten North African soldiers were killed when the camp in which they were sheltering in Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mollison Was Delayed on London Dash Desert Storm Was Bar Mollison at Rome for Last Lap Aleppo Delay Fatal London
A desert dust storm was all that lay between Mollison and a resounding flight from Australia to England inside eight days…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood at Wentworth Position Still Serious More Homes Abandoned Wentworth
The flood position at Wentworth continues to be serious. All last night a gang of 60 men worked continuously in strengthening the embankment now…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lower Murray Floods "Position Being Exaggerated" ADELAIDE
"I am informed by Mr. J. H. O. Eaton, the Engineer-in-Chief, that the flood waters of the Murray will not rise higher than within a foot of the 1927 level," said…
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